GOP chief: Rob Astorino may battle Cuomo

County exec listed among 5 weighing run for governor

7:57 PM,
Apr. 1, 2013

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino delivers his proposed 2013 county budget at the Michaelian County Office Building in White Plains Nov. 14, 2012. In Astorino's budget, 126 county employees will be laid off to balance the $1.719 billion budget. ( Seth Harrison / The Journal News )

Written by

Jon Campbell
| Albany Bureau

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is among five Republicans considering a run for governor in 2014, according to the party's New York chairman.

Also on the list floated Monday by GOP Chairman Ed Cox is Harry Wilson, a Scarsdale resident who ran for state comptroller in 2010, a sitting congressman and two other county executives. Republicans are seeking a strong challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as they ratchet up their criticism of the first-term Democrat.

"All of those names are taking a look at a run, one way or another," Cox said in a telephone interview with Gannett's Albany Bureau. ...